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No, Chrome has its own binary plugin. IIRC it is closed source and not available in Chromium. Pdf.js is developed by Mozilla and now shipped with Firefox and i
by fafner 14y ago
No, Chrome has its own binary plugin. IIRC it is closed source and not available in Chromium.
Pdf.js is developed by Mozilla and now shipped with Firefox and it works quite well so far.
- esolyt 14y agoThat's correct. I use Chromium on Arch Linux and it doesn't come with the proprietary pdf reader by default.
- hey_lu 14y agoThere is also a Google Chrome/Chromium extension also provided by the pdf.js team. (It's not in the webstore, though.) I've used it since about half a year and I like it a lot. (Not having to download PDFs all the time and having PDFs in tabs alongside the sites I read.)
- esolyt 14y agoI agree. Separate windows for PDFs is terrible. You can also separately download the proprietary PDF reader of Chrome and use it with Chromium. If you are using Arch Linux, it is available in the repositories.
- mcrittenden 14y agoYou said "by default" which is correct but just for the sake of completeness, the built in Chrome PDF reader can easily be added to Chromium on Arch using this package from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44148 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44148 I've been using it for almost a year now without issue.
- esolyt 14y agoMe too! In fact, that's why I said "by default" :) Similarly, Pepper Flash Player can also be integrated from AUR.